I was sitting in my favorite study spot in the ISC, toiling away at my studies, when a group of very loud girls decided to sit on the couches next to me. It was bad enough they were distracting me from my homework, but then they began talking about English majors. They began to rant about how they were all science majors living in a house with an English major, and how it was completely ridiculous because English is so obviously a waste of time. That it couldn’t be used to do anything in the world.At this point, I was incredibly offended and irritated at their volume as I tried to study. It took just about all of my self restraint to not jump up and tell them that English is not useless and that they use it every day. That it pertains to so many things in life and there are so many reasons to study English. Instead, I just got up and found a different place to study.
Why does everybody hate on English so much? I most likely will not become a doctor or scientist or some other “useful” thing with my English degree, but English is plenty useful and can be used to change the world as much as any doctor can. Words are powerful.